July 2008 United Kingdom Diary
Page last updated 15 June 2008
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England
- North West (Buxton, Manchester)
- West Midlands (Shropshire)
- East Anglia (Suffolk)
- London
- South East (Hampshire)
- South West (Bristol, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Somerset)
Scotland
North West
- 13 July 2008 | Hallé Youth Orchestra, Rory Macdonald (conductor) | • Dvořák: The Noon Witch symphonic poem, Op 108 (B 196) | • Copland: Rodeo - Four Dance Episodes | • Debussy: Prélude á l’après-midi d’un faune | Haden Freeman Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 7.30pm, web site: www.rncm.ac.uk
- 19 July 2008 | High Peak Orchestra, Gloria Bakhshayesh (conductor), Richard Simpson (oboe) | • Dvořák: Slavonic Dances | • Martinů: Oboe Concerto (H 353) | St John’s Church, Buxton, 7.30pm, e-mail: hpo@UKGo.com, web site: www.hpo.ukgo.com
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West Midlands
- 19 July 2008 | Church Stretton & South Shropshire Festival | Wihan Quartet | • Haydn: String Quartet No 3 in C, ‘Emperor’, Op 76 | • Mozart: String Quartet No 15 in D minor, K421 | • Dvořák: String Quartet No 12 in F, ‘American’, Op 96 (B 179) | Concord College, Acton Burnell Hall, Acton Burnell, Shrewsbury SY5 7PF, tickets: apply in person to John R Thomas (Florist), 3 Sandford Avenue, Church Stretton (tel. 01694 723194) and The Tourist Information Centre, Church Street, Church Stretton (tel. 01694 723133, web site www.churchstretton.co.uk); by post from The Ticket Secretary (Gloria Carter), Bracken End, 49 Ludlow Road, Church Stretton. SY6 6AD (tel. 01694 724106), Festival Web Site: www.strettonfestival.org.uk
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East Anglia
- 13 July 2008 | Blyth Valley Chamber Music | London Concertante Chamber Ensemble string sextet | • Martinů: String Sextet (H 224) | • Brahms: String Sextet No 2 in G, Op 36 | • Schoenberg: Verklaerte Nacht, Op 4 (original version) | St Mary’s Church, Cratfield, near Halesworth, Suffolk, 3.00pm, tel: 01728 453193, e-mail: info@concertsatcratfield.org.uk, web site: www.concertsatcratfield.org.uk
- 13 July 2008 | Summer at Blackthorpe Barn | Pavel Haas Quartet | • Pavel Haas: String Quartet No 1 | • Dvořák: String Quartet No 12 in F Major, Op 96 (B 179) ‘American’ | • Beethoven: String Quartet Op 132 | Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, 7.30pm, tel: 01359 270091, E-mail: events@blackthorpebarn.com, web site: www.blackthorpebarn.com
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London
- 5 July 2008 | Florestan Trio | • Hummel: Piano Trio in G, Op 65 | • Juon: Piano Trio in A minor No 1, Op 17 | • Brahms: Piano Trio in C Op 87 | Wigmore Hall, London, 7.30pm, web site: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
- 18 July 2008 | BBC Prom 1 | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal College of Music Brass, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Karita Mattila (soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Wayne Marshall (organ) | • Richard Strauss: Festliches Präludium | • Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C major, K314 | • Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs | • Messiaen: Dieu parmi nous, from ‘La Nativité du Seigneur’ | • Beethoven: Rondo in B-flat, for piano and orchestra | • Elliott Carter: Catenaires (solo piano) | • Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy | Royal Albert Hall, London, 8:00pm, web site: www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2008
- 23 July 2008 | BBC Prom 9 | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Lars Vogt (piano) | • Mendelssohn Overture - Ruy Blas | • Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 | • Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 | • Brahms: Symphony No 2 | Royal Albert Hall, London, 7:00pm, www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2008
- 23 July 2008 | Henschel Quartet, Kazuki Sawa (viola) | • Schulhoff: String Quartet No 1 | • Bruch: String Quintet | • Schubert: String Quartet in G, D 887 | Wigmore Hall, London, 7.30pm, web site: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
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South East
- 1, 5, 7 & 9 July 2008 | Grange Park Opera | English Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Barlow (conductor), Anne Sophie Duprels Rusalka, Clive Bayley Water Goblin (Vodník), Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts Prince, Anne Marie Owens Ježibaba, a witch, Janis Kelly Foreign Princess, James McOran Campbell Gamekeeper, Joanne Thome, Anna Grevelius, Karina Lucas Water Nymphs | • Dvořák: Rusalka, Arlene Rolph Kitchen Boy | The Grange, near Alresford, Hampshire, SO24 9TG (code is only for sat nav purposes), 5.20pm, web site: www.grangeparkopera.co.uk
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South West
- 2, 4 & 5 July 2008 | Longborough Festival Opera | Jonathan Lyness (conductor), Ella Kirkpatrick Vixen, Christina Haldane Fox, Paul Keohone Forester | • Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen Sung in English | Opera House, Longborough, near Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, 6.30pm, map, tel: 01451-830292, e-mail: boxoffice@lfo.org.uk, web site: www.lfo.org.uk
- 5 July 2008 | Cheltenham Music Festival 2008 | BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Michał Dworzyński (conductor), Aleksander Madžar (piano) | • Smetana: Vltava, from Má vlast | • Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra | • Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor | • Kodály: Dances of Galanta | Town Hall, Cheltenham, 7.00pm, web site: www.cheltenhamfestivals.com
- 5 July 2008 | Berrow Festival 2008 | • Dvořák: Bagatelles for 2 violins, cello & Harmonium, Op 47 (B 79) | • Saint-Saëns: Piano Trio No 2 | • Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat | St Mary’s Church, Berrow, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, 7.30pm, tickets: on the door, tel 0117 954 1988 or e-mail goya@post.com
- 8 July 2008 | Dorian String Quartet, Helen Goodman (viola) | • Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op 76 No 3 ‘Emperor’ | • Mozart: String Quintet in C (K 515) | • Dvořák: String Quintet in E flat Major, Op 97 (B 180) | Bristol Music Club, 76 St Paul’s Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1LP, web site: www.bristol-music-club.co.uk
- 8 July 2008 | Cheltenham Music Festival 2008 | The Schubert Ensemble, James Gilchrist (tenor) | • Grainger: Songs | • Gurney: Songs | • Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge | • Martin Butler: Sequenza Notturna | • Dvořák: Piano Quintet No 2 in A Major, Op 81 (B 162) | Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 7.30pm, web site: www.cheltenhamfestivals.com
- 13 July 2008 | Cheltenham Music Festival 2008 | Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra, Glyn Oxley (conductor) | • Sibelius: Finlandia | • Vaughan Williams: A Norfolk Rhapsody | • Bartók: Romanian Dances | • Dvořák: Symphony No 8 in G Major, Op 88 (B 163) | Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 4.30pm, web site: www.cheltenhamfestivals.com
- 16 July 2008 | Cheltenham Music Festival 2008 | Pavel Haas Quartet, Danjulo Ishizaka (cello) | • Janáček: String Quartet No 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ | • Prokofiev: String Quartet No 2, Op 92 | Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D 956 | Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 11.00am, web site: www.cheltenhamfestivals.com
- 17 July 2008 | Cheltenham Music Festival 2008 | Rosy Hall (violin), Alan MacLean (piano) | • Smetana: From my homeland | • Saint-Saëns: Havanaise | • De Falla: Spanish Dance | • Suk: Love Song | St Andrew’s Church, Chedworth, Glos, GL54 4AA, (note: this venue should not be confused with St Andrew’s, Cheltenham), 3.00pm, web site: www.cheltenhamfestivals.com
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East Neuk
- 4 July 2008 | East Neuk Festival | Llŷr Williams (piano) | • Janáček: On an Overgrown Path | Schubert: Sonata in A minor (D 784) | Crail Church, Marketgate, Crail, East Neuk, Fife, 12.00 noon, tel: 0131 473 2000, web site: www.hubtickets.co.uk (for tickets) & www.eastneukfestival.com (festival site)
- 4 July 2008 | East Neuk Festival | Škampa Quartet | • Dvořák: String Quartet No 12 in F Major, Op 96 (B 179) ‘American’ | • Fischer: Morava | • Smetana: String Quartet No1 ‘From My Life’ | Crail Church, Marketgate, Crail, East Neuk, Fife, 7.30pm, tel: 0131 473 2000, web site: www.hubtickets.co.uk (for tickets) & www.eastneukfestival.com (festival site)
- 5 July 2008 | East Neuk Festival | Llŷr Williams (piano), Alexander Janiczek (violin), David Watkin (cello), Eroica Quartet, Škampa Quartet | • Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minor, Op 49 | • Mendelssohn: Octet, Op 20 | Crail Church, Marketgate, Crail, East Neuk, Fife, 8.00pm, tel: 0131 473 2000, web site: www.hubtickets.co.uk (for tickets) & www.eastneukfestival.com (festival site)
- 6 July 2008 | East Neuk Festival | Škampa Quartet | • Suk: Meditations on the St Wenceslas Choral | • Janáček: String Quartet No 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ | • Janáček: String Quartet No 2 ‘Intimate Letters’ | St Monans Church, Braehead, St Monans, East Neuk, Fife, 12.00 noon, tel: 0131 473 2000, web site: www.hubtickets.co.uk (for tickets) & www.eastneukfestival.com (festival site)
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